Scenic railway.



` Patented Nov. 4, i902. C. H. PFUNTNER &. C. B. COLE.

SCENIC RAILWAY.

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SCENIC RAILWAY.

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No. 7|2,587. Patented Nov'. 4,1902.`

C. H. PFUNTNER &.V`C..B. COLE scema RAILWAY.

(Application led Huy 5,71902.)

f UNITED STATES.y NP,.Mrrivir OFFICEt CHARLES H. PFUNTNER AND CHARLES B. COLE, OE DETROIT, MICIIIGAN, AS- SIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN SCENIC RAILWAY AND AMUSEMENT COM- PANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION O F SOUTH DAKOTA.

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SlECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,587, dated November 4:, 1902.

` 4Application iiled May 5, 1902. Serial No. 105,883. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern..- with` braces n and carrying guide-rails p on 5o Beit known that We,CHAR'LEs H.PFUNTNER opposite sides of the car adjacent to the corand CHARLES B. COLE, citizens ofthe United responding shoes Z. The rail p may consist States, residing at Detroit,.county of Wayne, simply of a suitable flat strip of metal con- 5 State of Michigan, have invented a certain nected with the corresponding stanchions g new and useful Improvementin Scenic Railf7 by anV intervening elbow r, the elbow being 55 Ways, of whichthe followingis a specification, united to the stanchions m and braces n by a, reference being had `to the accompanying bolt s, the rail being connected with the eldrawings, which forma part of this speciicabow r ,by bolts t.

1o tion. It will be observed that the shoes Z are pref- Ourinvention has forits objectcertain new erably made with angular faces, said faces 6o and useful improvemen ts in roller coasters extending adjacent to the inner vertical edge or scenic railways; and it consists of the of the guide-rail and beneath the under surconstruction and combination of devices and' face of the guiderail. It will be clearly unt 5 appliances hereinafterdescribed and claimed, derstood that these shoes in connection with and illustrated in the accompanyingdraw-` the guide-rails effectually hold the car upon 65 ings, in whichthe track b. We prefer to construct the track Figure l is a view in section on the linem, with a wooden portion (indicated by the nu- Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing feameral l) surmounted by an iron rail 2, rubzo tures of our invention. Fig. 3 is `a View in ber or other elastic material (indicated at 3) vertical cross-section showing parts in elevabeing interposed between the wood l and the 7o` tion. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing certain metal 2. The support ot may extend in any features of construction. Fig. 5 is a detail desired direction orangle or form to form any View in section through the track. desired grade or curvature.

z5 Ourinvention more particularly basin view As shown and above described, the truck apparatus of this description of superior eeouand body of the car are formed all in one. The 75 omy, simplicity, and utility embodying a sinintermediate timbers i of the body of the car gle track and operating by gravity. are preferably connected with transverse tim- We carry out our invention as follows; bersq q, connected With longitudinal tim- 3o In the drawings, a. represents any suitable `bers h h. p

support for a single track b. The support The shoes Z may be engaged upon the cor- 8o shown consistsof bents c, supporting transresponding braces k in any suitable manner. verse timbers d, upon which are secured lon- As shown, they have a threaded engagement gitudinally extending joist or stringers c, therewith.

35 upon which is engaged a iiooringf. It will be obvious that by the use of the A car-body of' any desired construction is guide-rails on each side of the single track b 85 indicated at g, the same being preferably and by the use of the shoes Z the car will be provided with timbers h, extending longituheld safely upon the track. The shoes will dinally of the car at the sides thereof, and of be outofcontaetwith the guide-rails normally,

4u intermediate timbers fi t', upon which a wheel the shoes contacting with the rails only when 7' is journaled, 4there being preferably only the car tilts or is thrown into position Where 9o two wheels to a car, the whole being located the shoes contact with the guide-rails, theretoward the front and rear oi' the car. The by preventing any possibility of the car leavcar-body is also provided with braces 7c, se-A ingthe track. As so constructed there are 45 cured to the timbers of the car-body, the but two wheels to each car, no trucks being braces being preferably Y-shaped and carryemployed separate from the body or attached 95 ing at their outer extremities sliding shoes Z. thereto. The metal portion 2 of the track is With the support ct, as with the timbers e, preferably constructed with a rounded upper are engaged upright stanchions m, provided surface, the wheels havingacorrespondinglycurved tread. The shoes Z have a sliding engagement with the rails when in contact therewith,.the shoes being economical in construction and noiseless in operation.

What we claim as our invention isl. Thecombination withasupportingstructure of independent stanchions, a brace for each of said stauchions, guide-rails carried thereby, a single track carried by said structure, a car provided with two wheels j ou rnaled to the body of the car to run on said track, and sliding shoes carried by the car on opposite sides thereof adjacent to the guide-rails, said shoes having angular faces adjacent to said rails,'said faces projecting underneath the rails and upward adjacent to the inner edges of the rails.

2. Thecombination with asupportingstructure,of independent stanchions,a single track carried by said structure, guide-rails carried by said structure, a car provided with two Wheels journaled to the body of the car to run on said track, sliding shoes on opposite sides of the car adjacent to said guide-rails, and braces secured to the body of the car carrying said shoes,said shoes having angular faces adjacent to said rails, said faces projecting underneath the rails and upward adjacent to the inner edges of the rails.

3. The combination with the supporting structure, of independent stanchions, a brace foreach of the stanchions, guide-rails carried by said stanchions, a single track, a car, two wheels journaled to the body of the car to run on said track, and sliding shoes on opposite sides of the car and carried thereby adjacent to the guide-rails, said shoes having angular faces adjacent to said rails, said faces projecting underneath the rails and upward adjacent to the inner edges of the rails.

4. The combination Withasupportingstructure, of independent stanchions, a brace for each of the stanchions, guide-rails carried by said stanchions, a single track, a car, two Wheels journaled to the body of the car to run on s-aid track, braces upon the car and sliding shoes on opposite sides of the car and carried by said braces adjacent to the guiderails, said shoes each constructed with an upright shoulder to engage the edge of the corresponding guide-rail and projecting beneath the under surface of the guide-rail.

5. The combination with a supporting structure, of stanchions, braces for the stanchions, guide-rails carried by said stanchions, a single track, a car, two wheels journaled to the body of the car to run on said track, and shoes on opposite sides of the car and carried thereby adjacent to the guide-rails, said shoes each constructed with an upright shoulder to engage the edge of the corresponding vguide-rail and projecting beneath the under surface of the guide-rail, said stanchions and guide-rails having intervening elbows secured thereto.

6. The combination with a supportingstructure, of stanchions, a single track carried by said structure, guide-rails carried by said stanchions, a car provided with two Wheels to run on said track, -shoes on opposite sides of thecar adjacent to said guide-rails, and Y-shaped braces secured to the body of the car carrying said shoes, said shoes having a removable engagement with the corresponding braces.

In testimony whereof We have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib.

ing witnesses.

CHARLES H. PFUNTNER. CHARLES `B. COLE.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, Mrs. J. E. BENTON. 

